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Santa's known for his timeless cunning (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleigh

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'santa's known for his timeless cunning' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

This is all the clue.

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(Other definitions for sleigh that I've seen before include "Horse-drawn sledge" , "Travel over snow" , "Vehicle suitable for snow" , "Carriage to run on snow" , "Toboggan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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